Richard Binder

Richard Binder is a well known authority on the repair, restoration, and history of fountain pens. His intense interest in the pens and in the innovative technologies they embody has led him to share his knowledge in the form of an increasing number of books, magazine articles, and a website. Richard is also a published historian with an especial focus on World War II, and these two seemingly disparate fields coalesced into one when he began researching the personal histories of people whose names he found inscribed on wartime pens in his collection. He is noted for thorough coverage of his topic and an accessible, easy-to-read style. When not enjoying his hobbies or writing about them, he shares a passion for cooking with his wife Barbara, with whom he lives in an 1846 New England house (larger than necessary, of course) that they share with their two Abyssinian cats.